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Volvo Ocean Race: Abu Dhabi return to Auckland with bullhead damage

Volvo Ocean Race: Abu Dhabi return to Auckland with bullhead damage

Image by Paul Todd - Volvo Ocean Race   Ian Walker's Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing have been forced to return to port in Auckland just a few hours into Leg 5 after the Emirati team suffered a major breakdown related to the bulkhead attaching the J4 ram to the boat. Speaking on the dock a few minutes ago Walker confirmed that he hoped to be underway again within 36 hours and had not given up on catching the fleet on the way to Brazil given the battering the f...

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Laser World Masters Championships day 2 - Red snakes but no ladders

Laser World Masters Championships day 2 - Red snakes but no ladders

Image by Laser Masters Worlds Media 2012 It was another glorious day for the second day of competition at the Laser World Masters Championships 2012. Sunshine with 10-15 knots of breeze graced the waters of Moreton Bay, Brisbane, Queensland. As the sailors on the Northern (Bravo) course dropped their empty water bottles on the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron's (RQ) start boat ‘Goodwill' they received a present, a red (confectionary) snake, a very ...

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Sydney Harbour Regatta away to a great start

Sydney Harbour Regatta away to a great start

Image by Saltwater Images Sydney Harbour was a mass of colour on the opening day of Middle Harbour Yacht Club’s annual Sydney Harbour Regatta, which boasted 237 boats from the two grand prix 66ft Reichel/Pugh designed Wild Oats X down to the historic 18 foot skiffs and vintage yachts, which turned a few heads today.   While the grand prix IRC classes thrashed it out in two windward/leeward races held just north of Sydney Heads, the remaining ...

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BACARDI Miami Sailing Week -- Champions Crowned On Final Day of Racing

BACARDI Miami Sailing Week -- Champions Crowned On Final Day of Racing

Image by Onne van der Wal March 10, 2012 (Miami, Fla.) – The leaders today became winners as the 2012 edition of BACARDI Miami Sailing Week (BMSW) presented by EFG Bank came to a close as the final races of the series were held for the Star, Audi Melges 20, Melges 24, Viper 640 and J/80 classes.  Over 150 boats with competitors from 16 countries and across the U.S.A. have enjoyed elite competition on Biscayne Bay, as well as the hospitality for w...

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Ainslie scores hat-trick in mammoth conditions in Falmouth Finn Gold Cup

17 May 2012   21:32
Awesome is an overused word, but today it doesn't really come close to adequately describe the performance of Ben Ainslie (GBR) on day five of the J.P. Morgan Asset Management Finn Gold Cup in Falmouth. In the toughest, roughest ...

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ORACLE TEAM USA opens racing at ACWS – Venice

17 May 2012   21:30
ORACLE TEAM USA SPITHILL has advanced to the semifinal round of the ACWS – Venice Match Racing Championship by winning its quarterfinal match 2-0 on what was disappointing opening day’s racing on the fifth round of the 2011/2012 America’s ...

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Tall Ships America :First of 3 races completed for 2012 TALL SHIPS CHALLENGER

17 May 2012   21:27
Having left a huge public maritime festival in Savannah, Ga., on Monday, May 7, seven tall ships have made it to Cape Fear, N.C., completing the first leg of Tall Ships America’s 2012 TALL SHIPS CHALLENGE®. Three of those ...

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